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Badgers have been spotted in a fifth of suburban gardens, according to a survey which suggests that the boom in the population of the animals is causing them to spread beyond their normal woodland and farmland habitat.

One in seven people living in towns and cities has also seen a badger in their back garden.

The RSPB, which received reports from 273,000 people about wildlife in their gardens, said the results showed that badgers, which have been protected by their own act of parliament since 1992, were very widely distributed across the country.

The results correspond with a study published

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There has been a badger boom, with one in seven town and city dwellers having seen one in their garden

April 17 2014 PA

There has been a badger boom, with one in seven town and city dwellers having seen one in their garden

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